DETAILED NOTES ON TRADITIONAL BOWIE KNIFE

In spite of remaining the point out knife of Texas, the Bowie knife truly originates from Arkansas and was made by Rezin Bowie, Brother of James (Jim) Bowie in 1830. The knife itself was given to James Bowie who we pointed out before in this article and this is where the blade would attain its famous name and popularity from. Jim Bowie was in many